Litho-Services, LLC has announced that it has acquired assets and property of Simax Lithography B.V. The assets acquired in June 2013 includes over 4,000 parts, tooling and the continued Mesa cleanroom operation.

“Our business model focuses on extending the life of 200mm and below lithography customers to support the continued reliance on these platforms as OEMs rightfully pursue 450mm and advanced nodes,” stated Tom Blakely, Litho-Services President. "Having the spares, tooling and cleanroom test capabilities ensures our continued growth."

“Simax customers will benefit enormously from this asset acquisition,” added Blakely. “In fact, since April we have maintained support services for key customers including the finalization of an installation under the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA) Diverse Accessible Heterogeneous Integration (DAHI) program. Customers come first and our team felt obligated to provide the services and support they needed during the transition period.”

Litho-Services is sponsoring the annual Litho Workshop at SEMICON West, Moscone Center on July 11th in room 200 on Mezzanine level between 8:30 AM and 12:30 PM. For registration visit www.litho-services.com/workshop.

Litho-Services offer services to chip makers to optimize lithography equipment for extended use in their fabs or for the use in new and emerging applications. Litho-Services support scope includes pre-owned equipment, engineering services, field support and applications services as well as financial services.

Litho support steppers and scanners from ASML and Nikon as well as Canon and other manufacturers for wafer sizes of 200mm and below. Litho-Services says it also provides parts, parts and module repair, system refurbishment, equipment audits and de-installations, all at a very competitive cost.